PhD student Jesse Gardner-Russell earns $20 an hour. Experts say low pay is turning Australia’s best and brightest away

The University of Melbourne student whose work could contribute to curing blindness says ‘people are shocked to find out how unlivable it is’

Jesse Gardner-Russell is paid $20 an hour to research how to restore vision to patients after a stroke – efforts that could contribute to curing blindness.

Fellow Australian students have developed a manual apparatus for resuscitating babies. They have trained an AI algorithm that can identify melanoma faster than a dermatologist.

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